Space Flight
Tanks for the Memories
An aerial view of space shuttle tank ET-138 -- the last one -- as it rolls out at Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana. Credit: NASA
Red Bull Stratos Update: Breaking the Speed of Sound in Freefall
Baumgartner during a test flight. Credit: Red Bull Stratos
Climate Change Contributes to Space Junk Problem
Artists rendition of an explosion from an upper stage of a rocket. Credit: ESA
Israel Launches Spy Satellite
The launch of Israel's Ofeq 9 satellite with the Shavit launch vehicle on June 22, 2010. Image courtesy Israeli Aerospace Industries, Ltd.
Israel launched an "Ofeq 9" satellite on Tuesday, an advanced remote sensing satellite that likely is capable of high resolution surveillance of images to monitor Iran's nuclear program. The satellite was launched on Israel's Shavit launch vehicle.
Video Tour of the Mars500 Habitat
Mars500 participant Diego Urbina (follow him on Twitter at @diegou) provides a tour inside the Mars500 facilities – see how the crew are living and working for the next 17 months in isolation. On June 3, 2010 Urbina and five fellow crewmates from Europe, Russia and China embarked on a 520-day mock mission to Mars, and are living in a crew module in a warehouse in Moscow. See our preview article here.
Separation Camera Takes Full Images and 'Movie' of IKAROS Solar Sail
Image of the fully deployed IKAROS solar sail, taken by a separation camera. Credit: JAXA
100th Launch to the International Space Station
Unusual Views of the Soyuz Rocket
'Up, up the long delirious burning blue...' View from the Soyuz flame trench by 'Astro_Wheels,' astronaut Douglas Wheelock.
Japanese Solar Sail Deploys Successfully
An image from IKAROS, showing the completion of the second stage deployment of the solar sail. Credit: JAXA
South Korean Rocket Explodes 137 Seconds Into Flight
A South Korean rocket carrying a climate observation satellite apparently exploded 137 seconds into its flight early Thursday. The two-stage Naro rocket operated normally during and after liftoff from the country's space center, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Ahn Byong-man said. But then communications with the rocket were lost.
This is the country's second major space setback in less than a year.
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